Books About Books

Books about: other books, literacy in general, writers, bookstores, literary culture. Usually non-fiction, but can be fiction as long as books are a central plot theme.


This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1)
How to Write a Love Story
The Library of Amorlin (The Age of Beasts, #1)
The Book Tour
The Bookstore Diaries
Son of Nobody
The Adjunct
Booked at Midnight (Midnights on the Square #2)
The Sisters of Book Row
All Booked Up
Shut Up and Read: A Memoir from Harriett’s Bookshop
Trace Elements: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Eine Seite noch: Warum Lesen uns so glücklich macht - Von der Autorin des SPIEGEL-Bestsellers "Das große Los" - Meike Winnemuth ist zurück! (German Edition)
The Astral Library
This Book Made Me Think of You
The Cinnamon Bun Book Store (Dream Harbor, #2)
How to Write a Love Story
The Ghostwriter
The Three Lives of Cate Kay
The Book Witch
The Bookstore Diaries
Whisper Sweet Nothings (Rosewood River, #6)
The Busybody Book Club
Marble Hall Murders (Susan Ryeland, #3)
The Mother-Daughter Book Club
Any Trope but You
Without a Clue
The Paris Library
Read Between the Lies
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries, #1)
Book Lust by Nancy PearlWhen Books Went to War by Molly Guptill ManningHowards End Is on the Landing by Susan         HillThe Novel Cure by Ella BerthoudEx Libris by Anne Fadiman
Books Recommending Books
149 books — 44 voters
Kristy's Great Idea by Ann M. MartinDouble Love by Francine PascalForever... by Judy BlumeThe Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. CooneyThe Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright
Paperback Crush
295 books — 28 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldMatilda by Roald Dahl
Best Books About Loving Books
375 books — 516 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Books about Books and Libraries
838 books — 413 voters


The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
The Book Thief
84, Charing Cross Road
The Library Book
The Thirteenth Tale
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
Fahrenheit 451
The Reading List
Book Lovers
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
The Bookshop on the Corner (Kirrinfief, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)

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